Subfamily: Firstpapillomavirinae

Genus: Dyoepsilonpapillomavirus

Distinguishing features

Members of this genus are associated with the healthy skin of yellow-necked spurfowl or yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) living in Africa, a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. The E6 protein contains a single zinc-binding domain. The genome also encodes for a unique E9 protein (Van Doorslaer et al., 2017b). 

Virion

See discussion under family description. 

Genome organization and replication

See discussion under family description. 

Biology

See discussion under family description. 

Species demarcation criteria

Putative novel papillomavirus genome with complete genome sequence data available and that is <70% related to papillomaviruses within the genus.